A reason the left is good as what it does: it thinks big and thinks long term. Conservatives and libertarians, meanwhile, like to give up immediately if something seems like it might take a while, or if other people don't embrace their ideas instantly.

Any time officials use “controls,” you know the policy is going to be a failure. Whether it is preceded by “price” or “rent,” this economically defiant measure produces destitution, deterioration, and destruction.

Among themselves, libertarians often see important dividing lines among various factions in terms of social views and lifestyles. But most on the outside define libertarianism as being overwhelmingly for one thing: excessive and "dogmatic" devotion to free markets.